Evanescence - Going Under

Track Listing

Track Listing
1. Going under (album version)
2. Going under (live acoustic version)
3. Heart-shaped box (live acoustic version)
4. Going under (video)
March 22, 2006

Two excellent acoustic songs by Amy Lee and Ben Moody

If an artist gets one song prominently placed in a major Hollywood release they are doing pretty good. But for a new and relatively unknown group like Evanescence to get two songs in "Daredevil," both of which were placed so perfectly within the film's narrative, is clearly an extreme case of lightning striking twice. The group just won a pair of Grammy Awards, for Best New Artist and Best Hard-Rock Performance, and tomorrow night we are going down to see them in St. Cloud. We were supposed to go a while back, but a funny thing happened on the group's tour of Europe and they suddenly had to replace Ben Moody. So the time has come to load up the car's CD player with "Fallen" and assorted singles, including this one, for the ride down to the concert.

I suppose some fans will pick this enhanced CD-Single up for the video of "Going Under," but for me the chief attraction here are the two acoustic songs. Moody plays the guitar while Amy Lee shows off her pipes on an acoustic version of "Going Under" and then a cover of Nirvana's "Heart Shapped Box," done for a radio station. Can you imagine that once upon a time you could go see Evanesence for five bucks? But then who would have thought that a 14 year old boy would have heard a 13 year old girl playing a Meat Loaf song on the piano at a Christian summer camp and started writing songs together. There is also a radio edit of "Going Under," so there is also the minor benefit of not duplicating the opening track of "Fallen" on this single.

Final Note: There are acoustic versions of both "Bring Me to Life" and "My Immortal" out there as well for you to track down. They are equally worth the procurement effort. February 20, 2004

Evanescence Rarities Bliss

The title track, "Going Under", is a great song. But I've got the album, so I knew that already.
The acoustic rendition of "Going Under", as well as the acoustic cover of Nirvana's "Heart-Shaped Box" are truly amazing. Amy Lee has a voice to make angels weep. Also, the cd includes a cd-rom portion that contains a high-resolution (vcd quality) mpeg of the "Going Under" video. If that doesn't make you want to shell out a few bucks for this thing, I don't know what will. Definatly a great buy. November 21, 2003

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